Punch (MCI) is a City and Muncipal Council located in Haveli Tehsil of Punch district in Jammu & Kashmir. Punch city has 4943 housholds and town is divided into 17 wards. Punch city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.
As per the Census India 2011, Punch city has population of 26854 of which 16063 are males and 10791 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 2582 which is 9.61% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Punch city is around
672 compared to
889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Punch city is 82.55% out of which 87.57% males are literate and 75.07% females are literate. There are 1.02% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 6.64% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Punch city.
Punch Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 26854 | 100% |
| Hindu | 11866 | 44.19% |
| Muslim | 8993 | 33.49% |
| Sikh | 5584 | 20.79% |
| Christian | 343 | 1.28% |
| Religion not stated | 58 | 0.22% |
| Buddhist | 8 | 0.03% |
| Jain | 2 | 0.01% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 0 | 0% |
List of Wards in Punch
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